Australia Lose to Bangladesh :O :O :S :S What a shock :boxed: :crazeyes:
CARDIFF, June 18 (Reuters) - Bangladesh produced arguably the biggest one-day international shock in history on Saturday as they beat Australia's world champions by five wickets in their triangular series match.
In reply to Australia's 249 for five, Mohammad Ashraful scored a run-a-ball century, only the second ever scored in one-dayers by a Bangladeshi, but then holed out next ball, in the deep off Jason Gillespie with 23 needed off the last three overs.
A couple of fortunate fours made it 13 required off the final 12 balls and tailender Mohammad Rafique then sliced Glenn McGrath, the world's premier fast bowler, for a four past point.
Seven were needed off the final over from Gillespie only for Aftab Ahmed to launch his first ball for six over long on before the pair scampered a run off the next delivery to spark a pitch invasion.
Australia, who surprisingly opted to bat on a pitch offering early seam movement against the lowest-ranked one-day side in the International Cricket Council table, had never looked settled after losing vice-captain Adam Gilchrist off the second ball of the match and his skipper Ricky Ponting for a single.
Their total sill looked enough against the lowest-ranked one-day side until Ashraful and Habibul Bashar, who made 47, put on 130 in 22 overs for the fourth wicket to produce a grandstand finish.
Before the start Australia had been ranked at 100-1 ON to beat Bangladesh, who England had thrashed in their test series before annihilating them by 10 wickets in the opening one-dayer of the tournament on Thursday.
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